Wells Fargo fires multiple employees for using security-bypassing technology
Wells Fargo fired a collection of employees over the course of the last several weeks for using a mouse jiggler to mimic that their computer was active to make it appear they were working. Shocked? Yeah, me neither. This entire topic introduces quite a few angles to discuss:
🐭 These jigglers introduce a huge security violation, and the FTC (and several other organizations) has spoken up about this multiple times over the last several years. Using a jiggler leaves your computer unlocked and exposed to significantly more cyber threats.
🐭 This is also in violation of Wells Fargo's security policy. Employees must follow internal security policies whether they agree with them or not. Other than placing WF at risk with cyber threats and the FTC, these employees violated the employment policies they had already agreed to follow.
🐭 Outside of the security concerns, this introduces the new question or how to manage and expectations for remote workers. Are policies being designed truly for security and productivity aides or as a means to manage and control employees? There are thousands of debates going on right now about remote work policies and employee oversight - so we won't delve into that here, but we did want to mention it.
🐭 This type of technology is continuing to get cheaper—these jigglers cost less than $20 on Amazon. As more of this technology becomes available at affordable prices to the general public, companies need to continue to be on guard to prevent its misuse.
What does your policy state about the use of jigglers or other such technology? How about your remote work policy?
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